Top 10 largest economies by GDP

Source Economy (World Bank), Demographics (UN), Area (Fackbook)
Date02 Nov 2019

In the list of top ten largest economies in 2018, Eight economies are common in both nominal and ppp methods : United States, China, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, France, India and Brazil. Italy and Canada are in top 10 on nominal basis, while Russian Federation and Indonesia are in top 10 on ppp basis. The nominal GDP of the top 10 economies adds up to about 66% of the world's gdp. On PPP basis, top 10 share 61.06% of total.

Four economically largest countries are located in Europe. In Asia, there are three economies in nominal and four in ppp basis. Two North American countries are in nominal list and one in ppp list. One largest is in South America continent in both methods.

India, China and Indonesia are fastest growing economies having growth rate above 5%. Others have gdp growth rate below 3% and Japan is slowest.

Among top ten biggest countries, United States is richest countries by gdp per capita followed by Germany. India is poorest country followed by Brazil and Indonesia in nominal and ppp list, resp.

In this list, Canada has least population where as United Kingdom is smallest country in terms of area. India has highest population density and lowest life expectancy and female to male ratio.

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Economic Statistics (2018)

Economy GDP (billions $) GDP (billions Int. $) GDP per capita($) GDP per capita(Int. $) GDP Growth Continent
NominalShare (%)RankPPPShare (%)Rank NominalRankPPPRank%Rank
United States20,49423.89120,49415.02262,641962,641122.857102North America
China13,60815.86225,36218.5819,7716818,210656.60016Asia
Japan4,9715.7935,4854.02439,2872643,349270.788166Asia
Germany3,9974.6644,5053.30548,1961754,327181.425151Europe
United Kingdom2,8253.2953,0742.25942,4912146,240251.398156Europe
France2,7783.2463,0732.251041,4642545,877261.725142Europe
India2,7263.18710,4997.6932,0161437,7621086.9829Asia
Italy2,0742.4282,5431.861134,3182742,080280.858165Europe
Brazil1,8692.1893,3662.4788,9217416,068711.118161South America
Canada1,7091.99101,7741.301746,1251947,871231.879139North America
Russian Federation1,6581.93113,9862.92611,2896127,147492.255128Europe
Indonesia1,0421.21163,4952.5673,89411513,057855.17140Asia
World 85,791 136,477 11,297 17,971 3.035

Demographic and Geographical Statistics

No Economy Population Area (sq km) Density (per sq km) Sex ratio (M per 100 F) Life expectancy
2019Rank2019Rank 2019Rank2019Rank2019Rank
1United States329,064,91739826675335.9717797.9478578.8147
2China1,433,783,686195969604152.780105.36618276.6272
3Japan126,860,3011137791562348.03995.4404684.432
4Germany83,517,0451735702263239.65897.5907981.1030
5United Kingdom67,530,1722124361080279.15197.5807881.1529
6France65,129,7282264380143118.99793.8083182.4614
7India1,366,417,754232872637459.627108.20418969.27144
8Italy60,550,0752330134072205.97194.7634083.287
9Brazil211,049,52768514877525.2518996.6615775.5687
10Canada37,411,04739998467024.11422398.4939682.2217
11Russian Federation145,872,25691709824218.90721786.372972.29119
12Indonesia270,625,5684190456915149.481101.42515271.41128

Yearwise Top 10 (Nominal)

Year1ST2ND3RD4TH 5TH6TH7TH8TH9TH10TH
2018USACHNJPNDEUGBRFRAINDITABRACAN
2017USACHNJPNDEUINDGBRFRABRAITACAN
2016USACHNJPNDEUGBRFRAINDITABRACAN
2015USACHNJPNDEUGBRFRAINDITABRACAN
2014USACHNJPNDEUGBRFRABRAITARUSIND
2013USACHNJPNDEUFRAGBRBRARUSITAIND
2012USACHNJPNDEUFRAGBRBRARUSITAIND
2011USACHNJPNDEUFRAGBRBRAITARUSIND
2010USACHNJPNDEUFRAGBRBRAITAINDCAN
2009USAJPNCHNDEUFRAGBRITABRAESPCAN
2008USAJPNCHNDEUFRAGBRITABRARUSESP
2007USAJPNCHNDEUGBRFRAITAESPCANBRA
2006USAJPNDEUCHNGBRFRAITACANESPBRA
2005USAJPNDEUGBRCHNFRAITACANESPKOR
2004USAJPNDEUGBRFRACHNITAESPCANMEX
2003USAJPNDEUGBRFRACHNITAESPCANMEX
2002USAJPNDEUGBRFRACHNITAMEXCANESP
2001USAJPNDEUGBRFRACHNITAMEXCANESP
2000USAJPNDEUGBRFRACHNITACANMEXBRA
1999USAJPNDEUGBRFRAITACHNCANESPMEX
1998USAJPNDEUGBRFRAITACHNBRACANESP
1997USAJPNDEUGBRFRAITACHNBRACANESP
1996USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACHNBRAESPCAN
1995USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITABRACHNESPCAN
1994USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANCHNBRAESP
1993USAJPNDEUFRAITAGBRCANESPMEXCHN
1992USAJPNDEUFRAITAGBRESPCANRUSCHN
1991USAJPNDEUFRAITAGBRCANBRAESPRUS
1990USAJPNDEUFRAITAGBRCANESPRUSBRA
1989USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANRUSBRAESP
1988USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITARUSCANESPBRA
1987USAJPNDEUFRAITAGBRCANESPBRAIND
1986USAJPNDEUFRAITAGBRCANCHNBRAESP
1985USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANCHNINDBRA
1984USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANCHNINDBRA
1983USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANCHNINDBRA
1982USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANBRACHNIND
1981USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANMEXBRAESP
1980USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANBRAESPMEX
1979USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANBRAESPNLD
1978USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANBRAESPNLD
1977USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANBRACHNESP
1976USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANCHNBRAESP
1975USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANCHNBRAESP
1974USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACANCHNBRAIND
1973USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACHNCANINDBRA
1972USAJPNDEUFRAGBRITACHNCANINDESP
1971USADEUJPNFRAGBRITACHNCANINDBRA
1970USADEUJPNFRAGBRITACHNCANINDBRA
1969USAJPNFRAGBRITACHNCANINDBRAAUS
1968USAJPNFRAGBRITACHNCANINDBRAAUS
1967USAJPNFRAGBRITACHNCANINDESPBRA
1966USAFRAGBRJPNCHNITACANINDESPARG
1965USAFRAGBRJPNCHNITAINDCANARGAUS
1964USAFRAGBRJPNITACHNINDCANARGAUS
1963USAFRAGBRJPNITACHNINDCANBRAAUS
1962USAGBRFRAJPNITACHNINDCANARGBRA
1961USAGBRFRAJPNCHNITACANINDAUSSWE
1960USAGBRFRACHNJPNCANITAINDAUSBRA

Yearwise Top 10 (PPP)

Year1ST2ND3RD4TH 5TH6TH7TH8TH9TH10TH
2018CHNUSAINDJPNDEURUSIDNBRAGBRFRA
2017CHNUSAINDJPNDEURUSBRAIDNGBRFRA
2016CHNUSAINDJPNDEURUSBRAIDNGBRFRA
2015CHNUSAINDJPNDEURUSBRAIDNGBRFRA
2014CHNUSAINDJPNDEURUSBRAIDNFRAGBR
2013USACHNINDJPNRUSDEUBRAFRAGBRIDN
2012USACHNINDJPNRUSDEUBRAFRAGBRIDN
2011USACHNINDJPNRUSDEUBRAFRAGBRIDN
2010USACHNINDJPNDEURUSBRAFRAGBRITA
2009USACHNINDJPNDEURUSBRAFRAGBRITA
2008USACHNINDJPNDEURUSBRAFRAGBRITA
2007USACHNJPNINDDEUBRARUSFRAGBRITA
2006USACHNJPNINDDEUBRARUSGBRFRAITA
2005USACHNJPNINDDEUBRAGBRFRAITARUS
2004USACHNJPNINDDEUBRAGBRFRAITARUS
2003USACHNJPNINDDEUGBRBRAFRAITARUS
2002USACHNJPNINDDEUFRABRAGBRITARUS
2001USACHNJPNINDDEUFRABRAGBRITAMEX
2000USACHNJPNINDDEUFRABRAGBRITAMEX
1999USACHNJPNDEUINDBRAFRAITAGBRMEX
1998USAJPNCHNDEUINDBRAITAFRAGBRMEX
1997USAJPNCHNDEUINDBRAITAGBRFRAIDN
1996USAJPNCHNDEUINDBRAITAFRAGBRIDN
1995USAJPNCHNDEUINDBRAITAFRAGBRIDN
1994USAJPNCHNDEUINDBRAITAFRAGBRRUS
1993USAJPNDEUCHNINDITABRAFRAGBRRUS
1992USAJPNDEUCHNINDITAFRABRARUSGBR
1991USAJPNDEUCHNRUSINDITAFRABRAGBR
1990USAJPNDEURUSCHNINDITAFRABRAGBR